March 9, 2006 Issue                                               

©2006 The Chestnut Hill Local

Ross helps Herons to squash success
by TOM UTESCHER

Lucy Ross

Springside School alumna and Chestnut Hill native Lucy Ross just completed a highly successful sophomore squash season at Hobart/William Smith College.

Losing just one match this winter at the number five spot for the Herons, Ross won her last seven bouts of the 2005-2006 campaign and helped William Smith end the season by capturing the Walker Cup at the College Squash Association Team Championships. The Walker Cup is awarded to the first-place team in the C Flight, or third division, at the CSA tournament, and Ross was one of the winners as the Herons defeated Amherst College in the final round, 6-3.

The former Springsider won all three of her matches at the championships by 3-0 scores, knocking off opponents from Mount Holyoke and Stanford before beating Amherst’s Lauren Coape-Arnold in her last outing. For her efforts, she was named Co-Performer of the Week in the Liberty Conference. The Herons finished up with an overall mark of 12-6 this winter, the second-best record in the history of the school’s squash program.

At Springside, Ross played varsity field hockey and lacrosse as well as squash. Interestingly, she did not play squash during her freshman year at William Smith, but gave lacrosse a try instead. An illness during the winter of her first year caused her to miss much of the Herons’ pre-season training, and ultimately she did not play lacrosse that spring.

Coming back to the Geneva, NY school for her sophomore year, she decided to take up a squash racquet once more, a move that has obviously borne positive results.

Academically, Ross appears to be headed towards a career with an international flavor, majoring in political science with a minor in Chinese language.